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2ND
BOMBAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
LIST
OF AWARDS WINNING FILM OF BIFF'1992
BEST
NON-FICTION Film (UNDER 40 MINS. DURATION)
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ANIMA
MUNDI
Director
- Godfrey Reggio, Country - Italy
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CONTACT
ADDRESS : Studio Equatore Via Adstar - 20155
Milan Italy Fax: 009-2-33611001
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BEST
NON-FICTION FILM (ABOVE 40 MINUTES DURATION)
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EYES
OF STONE
Director
- Nilita Vachani Country - India Year - 1990
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| Synopsis:
A film about women and the ritual of spirit possession
and cure, a ritual of faith, rebellio and individual
expression that thrives within the confines of a stringent
patriarchal order. Shot in a village of Bilwara district
of Rajasthan, the film documents one woman's participation
in the ritual, and through it, the strengths and sorrows
of her life. Shanta, 19 married at ten, the mother
of two sons, with a husband who is a truchdriver away
for long spells, has been ill for five years with
the evil eyes of a "dakari". She has a sense of dis-association
and suffers from aches and pain. The family try diverse
medications and finaly pin their hopes on the goddess,
Bghankya Mata. The ritualised healing is a turning
point in Shanta's life. |
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DIRECTOR'S
BIO-DATA : Nilita Vachani studied English Literature
of Delhi University. Went on the study filmmaking
in the U.S. at Annenberg School of Communications,
Unviersity of Pennslvania and then at the Art Institute
of Chicago. 1985 to 87 she moved to New York to
work as the editor of films made by Michael Camerini,
Peggy stern and Mira Nair. She returned to India
in 1987. She was assistant director on Mira Nair's
Salaam Bombay and script supervisor of Mssissippi
Masala. Eyes of Stone is her directorial debut.
CONTACT
ADDRESS : Director General, Doordarshan Mandi
House, New Delhi - 110 001 Fax: 011-386507.
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BEST
FICTION FILM (UNDER 60 MINUTES DURATION)
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THE
THREE MAGI
Director
- Bela Szobolits, Country - Hungary, Year - 1990
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| Synopsis:
Three old men live in Budapest. An antiquary,
a clown and a sculptor. They are good friends and
all would meet at the Antiquary's flat to drink and
play cards. Once an angel told them that the Saviour
is born. The old men - as the three wise men did -
start to welcome the Little Jesus. |
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CONTACT
ADDRESS : Movi Forum Studio Hungarofilm 1054
Budapest Bathari U, 10 Hungary Ph: 361-1-125425
Fax: 361-1-531850
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